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The Complete Land Use Map of Los Angeles (remember, this is current land use, NOT zoning) I can't upload the full resolution here, so I'll post some zoomed-in details below:

the opportunity costs of car ownership are *massive* if you invested the ~$1k/mo average cost of car ownership - over 20 years, you'll have $460k at 6% interest, v. wasting $240k on car ownership. that's a swing of $700k folks. e-bikes are an *incredible* investment.

San Diego, the US city with the best year-round walkability weather

Ok this is kinda cool

UC Berkeley paper on the effects of the new fast food worker sectoral bargaining board in California. 8-9% wage increase 1.5% price increase No impacts on sector employment Growth in sector restaurants irle.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u...

Urbanism of Thessaloniki ✨ Somewhat fascinating to see people here are not just completely giving up on walkability and accessibility, they're also pretty much giving up on parks by dedicating large squares in dense residential neighborhoods (with good transit!) entirely to parking

Insane

If driving is so freeing and convenient, why is every driver one nanosecond away from total rage meltdown?

I know this sounds like an exaggeration, but roughly 100% of drivers are on their phone at every stoplight.

Just a request to all the Light Duty Truck owners, I know you dropped serious cash on that rig, but maybe leave it home more often We need a streetscape that isn’t jammed up by your ego Let’s be real, you’re not using that truck for what you bought it for Going shopping in that is embarrassing

It’s hard to explain to people that republicans think that disabled children subsisting on sub-poverty level benefits need to have a lower standard of living so a billionaire can get another yacht because it sounds too cartoonishly evil.

Legalize It

A balanced transportation diet is part of a healthy lifestyle for you and your community

Elon Musk just called Social Security a Ponzi scheme, so it’s worth reiterating: All functional retirement schemes, public or private, pre funded or pay as you go, are claims on future production - there's just no way, at scale, of storing current production for use during retirement

Evening rush hour in Utrecht. Much more efficient than if everyone were in a car, without the constant noise and air pollution and without grinding the complete city center to a halt. Now who wouldn't wanna commute like this?!

People hit by larger cars when walking or cycling are far less likely to survive. cleancitiescampaign.org/carspreading/